The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-07

reared without the law of conservation
being enforced. It would require great
sacrifices; yes, even to il1e itseif II
the Saints hearts are not in a condi.
ton to do this, he feared they
were not living as they should. Jesus
said: "a house divided against itself.
can not stand" And if the interests
of the Saints are not united, the peo-
pIe and their interests will go down.
Their triumph would be certain if
their all was upon the altar of God, and
thew could LOOK with greater hope for
deliyerance from their enemies. Satan
knows his time Is short, and he knows
that the progress OF the kingdom of
God hastens his doom. II was vain to
look for human aid, he said, but faith
fuIness was the only refuge for the
Saints. The day will dawn when the
people can return to their possessions
in the eastern States. In union there
is strength. It was union which gave
to all that sacred instrument of liberty
the glorious Constitution. Those who
battled for their religion, fought at the
same time for liberty, But
Constitution, they recognized that
1t was written in the hearts of all. and
would not conflict with the Constitu-
ton. a bright day was in store for the
faithful. Zion would arise and shine
and become the glory of the whole
earth.
ELDER ELIAS MORRIS
was Unexpectedly called upon, and vas
reliant upon the faith and prayers OF
his hearers for utt2rance. He was
delighted with what had been said by
the previous speakers. The gospel the
Saints had received is the gospel OF
life and salvation; it is a revealed gos-
pei in our own day, and not one fixed
up by the wisdom of men. In this The
Saints differed from all the sectarIan
world. The gospel the Saints had re-
ceived was not known when it was in
troduced by Joseph Smith. The people
of the world we're destitute of the light
and knowledge enjoyed by the Saints.
1t was hidden up in ChriSt-in the AL
mighty-until revealed by him in His
own due time. If the Bible had not been
in existence, it would have made no
difference as to the gospel received by the
Saints. He did not think Joseph Smith
knew much of the contents of the Bible
at the time he was called upon to usher
in the last dispensation. He learned
a little here and a little there as time
rolled on. His frequent communications
With heaven, through the angelic agents
who appeared to him gave him his
knowledge of the gospel. mo man
knows the things of God except by the
Spirit of God" It seemed strange to
him, that with all its learning, the
world vas unable to discover the prin-
cipIes of the. true gospel, while the il
literate Saints knew it thoroughly. He
briefly reviewed the sounding of the
gospel ia the ears of the Saints, scat
tered among the various nations OF the
earth, and how they clearly saw the
force of the light as explained by the
elders, who went among them as mis-
sionaries. He cited the remarkable in
stances where the power of God was
manifested IN the introduction of the
gospel in the lands of the earth. There
was a popularity which he noted, and
that was the breaking of friendly ties
and family associations by those who
embraced the gospel. The new con-
verts were seized with desire to shake
off Babylon and gather with the Saints
or God. He saw the power of God in
the work being accomplished by the
Latter-day Saints. There was constant
opposition and an eudeaVor to destroy
the faith of the true Saints, but there
was no q over on earth or in hell below
that could quench the aspirations and
hopes of the true Latter-day Saint, for he
knew the t-ut tn he had received emanated
from God. He strongly Gounseled
obedience. faithfulness and unity. The
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many things which would educate
blessing of God upon all.
ELDER FRANCIS A. HAMMOND,
President of the San Juan Stake, next
spoke, ana said he had been amply re-
paid for his coming to Conference.
Two years ago he had moved to San
Juan, and had labored diligently, an
had no desire to return north, only
when he learned that Conference was
to be held in Salt Lake City. He had
been pleased in listening to those who
had preceded him. He would en-
courage the Saints. He mentioned an
instance which occurred on tie Hawai-
ian Islands; ne was blessed with the
assurance that he should be "Sun Of
consolation to his friends" and he
hoped that prediction W .uld be verified
while be should speak. When ap-'
preaching the city, he was inspired to
exclaim: What hath God not
wrought" as he contemplated the
scene, with the temple in the foreground
and the nest OF fine residences, gardens
and orchards, and compared the pres
ent with the time when the pioneers
entered this valley, az which
time he remarked, IF the Saints
can live here, they can liYe anywhere"
He rejoiCed in the progress of the
people. He embraced the gospel in
San Francisco, in 1S47. He had charity
for the Gentiles, as be himself had once
been one. He related his experience in
first hearing the gospel, in Suffolk
County, n. Y. He had been raised a
Methodist; his father vas "pars0n
of that denomination; the two Mormon
elders who first brought Mormonism to
that locality, asked for permission to
preach. which was at first denied them.
"If it wasn't Sunday, don't know but
I should go; but if l went l should feel
l was breaking the Sabbath" The
speaker was then IL years old, and
from, ~ tiv,a fiji he